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    Western policies are responsible for Africa’s failure to develop

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Development policies are based on a flawed analysis of the history of development by the West. African development strategies need to solve local problems with the existing material and intellectual resources of local people. Africa does not need big social goals but small policies that make everyday life more predictable.Two ideas are central to the concept of development.
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    Double jeopardy: women migrants and refugees in South Africa

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2008
    In May 2008, South Africa was shaken by an outbreak of a wave of violence characterised by an intensity and fierceness previously unknown in this young democracy and reminiscent of apartheid bloodshed.
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    Protecting refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in South Africa

    The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), 2008
    In South Africa non-nationals, refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants are often excluded from the services, welfare, and dignity they are guaranteed by South African law and constitutional commitments.
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    Citizenship, violence and xenophobia in South Africa: perceptions from South African communities

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2008
    More than 50 people died and tens of thousands of people were displaced as a result of ‘xenophobic’ violence in South Africa during 2008. A number of urgent questions resulted from these attacks: Why are foreign African migrants the targets of violence in informal settlements? What is the explanation for the timing, location and scale of the outbreaks?
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    Women on the run: female survivors of torture amongst Zimbabwean asylum seekers and refugees in South Africa

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006
    Large numbers of Zimbabwean women are fleeing their homes and even their country to avoid violence. This report was written to coincide with South Africa's 'Sixteen days on gender activism'. It shows that a significant proportion of the women who have fled Zimbabwe for South Africa have experienced state torture.
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    Preventing and combating torture in South Africa: a framework for action under CAT and OPCAT

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2008
    This paper aims to provide more information to decision-makers and stakeholders on the challenges in preventing and combating torture. It also outlines South Africa’s obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) and Optional Protocol to CAT (OPCAT).
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    Age of hope or anxiety? Dynamics of the fear of crime in South Africa

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2008
    The fear of crime in South Africa has a negative impact on quality of life at the individual, community and societal levels. This phenomenon, which tends to rely on racial stereotypes, has the effect of reducing the sense of trust and cohesion within communities, limiting people’s mobility and hastening retreat from public spaces.
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    Restoring dignity: current psychosocial interventions with ex-combatants in South Africa: a review, discussion and policy dialogue project

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2008
    There are an estimated 150,000 ex-combatants in South Africa. The disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of these veterans presents a significant challenge to democracy-building. Where DDR processes fall short, the consequences are far-reaching.
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    Powers of persuasion: incentives, sanctions and conditionality in peacemaking

    Conciliation Resources, 2008
    The motives of international actors, involved in the resolution of intra-state conflict, are frequently questioned by the peacebuilding community. For foreign governments have been seen to prioritise the containment of security ‘threats’; the protection of strategic interests and the enforcement of international law at the expense of the overall goal of peace.
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    Beyond shadow-boxing and lip service: the enforcement of arms embargoes in Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2008
    There are no international standards and treaties governing the import, export and transfer of arms. Some states and regional bodies, such as the European Union (EU), have policies and legislation regulating the trade in arms. However, in conflict-prone zones like certain regions in Africa, such policies and legislation appear to be ineffective or non-existent.

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